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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 20, 1977 the stars and stripes Poge 9 libraries make finding a Book easy by Barbara Cullen staff writer Heidelberg is Library patrons can now take the Library Home wit them in a manner of speaking. The computerized Book Cata logs have come to the 108 Usa eur libraries and finding a Book is now a matter of letting your fingers do the walking from leafing through the Book then dealing the Tele phone. The Book about the size of an cafes Christmas Catalon lists All titles Pur chased from 1975 Onward. Like its predecessor the card Catalon books arc listed in three categories by title subject and author. According to command staff librarian Annie Laurie Etchison the computerized Cata logs will be updated every six months. Etchison said that the card Catalon the three by five Index cards so familiar to patrons will be phased out and disappear from the libraries within two years As the computerized Book Cata logs take Over. The librarian said the Book Cata logs were part of a program to let the Library join  with the new books patrons will have Access to the resources of the Library wherever they Are. The Book Cata logs can be checked out for varying lengths of time. In the Catalon patrons will find a listing of the libraries which have a copy of each Book. After locating the title patrons May go the Library and request the Book in person or Call and have the Book mailed to them free. Etchison said the new system does away with the old game of Book Book who s got the Book because you will know which Library has a  advantage cited by Etchison is that the Book Catalon will free Library personnel from card cataloguing and allow them to spend More time working with the  for the Book Cata logs rum $45,000 for the year or roughly $11 per Catalon. That figure includes 4,000 Cata logs an in Titial printing of 2.000 Cata logs and 2,000 of an updated version six months later. As new technology develops we have a lot of catching up to do Etchison said. Spec.4 Stephen Hamilton who appeared in uniform on a stateside to on stateside give away show Cavalryman and his horse show pats old Bill the closest thing to a horse within the conf inet of the 3rd so Lith armed Cav regt. Old Bill Isa tank parked on the Parade Field. Cav unit boasts of to luminary1 Story and photo by Bob Cullen staff writer bad Hersfeldt Germany Sis hey that looks like an Lith car Beret shouted the Young woman in the rec Center pointing to the to  enough there on of nov running Down the aisle a big Grin on his face his uniform looking Sharp and his girl Friend clapping her hands with glee was a i wearing the Beret of the Ullh army Cav  show was the Price is Kight and suddenly spec. 4 Stephen Hamilton of com 3rd so Ullh army Cav Hegt had his Chance to win All those big prizes. The show was taped in january while Hamilton was Home on leave. He Learned from his grandmother in new Jersey that it was run on National to on feb. 10.he was in his Barracks Here when he saw himself on the  commentator asked him Why he wore such a distinctive uniform. I m in the  Hamilton an , docs that mean you have horses Only one he said to which the crowd Laughe Hamilton missed on his first attempt at guessing the Correct Price but on the second round he guessed closest to the members of co b. 1st in 15th inf in Wurzburg Germany have added a new planet of the apes dimension to their two mile a. Decked oat in car gear they give the impression of invaders from another planet. Army photo by Doug Morgan Price of a combination  then had a Chance to win a roomful of furniture if he could slay away from on item which Cost $325. On his second guess he chose the wrong one. However. The sofa bed was his Only  m Short now. And i hoped i d get away before they showed it he said. Why were a lot of people on Post kid Ding him about his to personality you would t believe it. At least a third of the Squadron watches to every night and now every place i go i hear about it. Of. Here comes our resident to Star at that moment a Soldier stuck his head out of a Barrack s window. Hey Hamilton was that your Mug i Sawong Heth get off my Back the suddenly famous spec. 4 a clod Back at him. Why did he Wear his uniform on the show my mom told me 1 should. She said Wear your uniform and you la get picked and she was right. The Beret really made a difference. There were two other Guys in uniform there a Marine and another army Guy in regular uniform 1 really think the Beret did  Hamilton lives in the Small town of Walnut. Calif., Only two hours from  although he had attended give away shows before this was the first time he had tried to be one of the contestants. How was he picked the producer of the show came around while we were All waiting to get in. We had big name tags on and the producer stopped and talked to me. I did t know i was picked until they railed out my  was he sorry he did t win More than the sofa bed naw i won what i  then he paused. One thing bothered me. Though. The old lady who won the big prizes. When she left with her husband they drove away in a Fleetwood Cadillac. Like they really needed All that  train bus collision kills 12 Rio Cuarto Argentina a a freight train slowed into a bus at a Cros sing in this Interior Argentine City killing 12 persons and injuring 20, the official news Agency team reported  
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